decertify

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Recent Examples of decertify In addition, the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training declined to decertify a fourth former Johnson County deputy who contested the request. Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 10 Jan. 2025 The 2021 law that first created a mechanism for the state to decertify police and deputies took effect only last year. Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 Fulton County took the state to court challenging the secretary of state's power to decertify the machines. Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024 Other aspects of Trump’s order would, according to the Brennan Center, appear to decertify all voting machines in the U.S. and require states to conform with new federal standards even though no such systems are on the market. Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for decertify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decertify
Verb
  • By one estimate, 70% of the current NIL deals would be invalidated.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
  • This, Warden said, should invalidate the $22 million payment in 2021 because the creation of the bonds required approval by a supermajority of residents.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • The communist country's National Assembly passed a new amendment that nullifies families from having a two-child limit, according to state media.
    Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
  • Once signed, the pardons would nullify the Chrisleys' convictions and eliminate the remaining prison time and financial penalties.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • After Bolivia’s electoral tribunal disqualified former President Evo Morales, a leftist political titan who still wields influence in the country’s tropical heartland, from running in the August presidential election, his loyalists took to the streets this month to vent their outrage.
    Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
  • Rather than disqualifying Harvard students from receiving visas, as other federal agencies have attempted to do, the presidential order marked the first time Trump has stepped in directly, using his executive powers to limit Harvard.
    Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 16 June 2025

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“Decertify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decertify. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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